When Steve Lopez saw Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' skid row, he found it impossible to walk away. More than thirty years earlier, Ayers had been a promising classical bass student at Juilliard ambitious, charming, and also one of the few African-Americans, until he gradually lost his ability to function, overcome by schizophrenia. Over time, Lopez and Ayers form a bond, and Lopez imagines that he might be able to change Ayers's life. For each triumph, there is a crashing disappointment, yet neither man gives up. Join us as Vroman's celebrates the upcoming release of the movie The Soloist, a major motion picture from Dreamworks based on Lopez' poignant and hopeful true story of friendship, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx.

The Soloist (Movie Tie-In): A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music (Paperback)

By Steve Lopez

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780425226001
Availability: Probably In Stock -- Call to confirm
Published: Berkley Trade, 10/2008

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